Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team
Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team (Persian:تیم دوچرخهسواری پتروشیمی تبریز) UCI team code: TPT is an Iranian UCI Continental cycling team managed by Ramin Dadgar and Azeem Abdolnaghad and main sponsored by Tabriz Petrochemical Company. Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team has achieved first place in both the riders' and teams' overall classifications in the UCI Asia Tour in 2007–2008, 2008–2009 and 2009–2010
History
Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team was established in 2002 as a club team in Tabriz, Iran. The team started with participation in domestic tours and national leagues and some smaller international tours, including the Tour Of Turkey and in Malaysia the Tour Of Perlis, Jelajah Malaysia and Tour de Langkawi. After four years the team registered as a UCI Continental team team for season 2007–2008.
Team started season 2007-2008 with fully domestic riders and whereas the season was the team first time registration as a UCI Continental team, the team amassed 909.64 points with participation in 5 foreign and 2 domestic international tours and won the 2007–2008 UCI Asia Tour. At that season in individual ranking the first 3 points have been possessed by 3 of Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team riders.
At season 2008-2009 the team has preserved the same ranking with employment of one Kazakhstani rider and balance domestic. Participating in 5 foreign and 2 domestic international UCI tours could reserve 1015 points with around double difference with the second rank team. The first 3 ranks has been possessed by 3 of our riders in individual UCI ranking.
Major results
- 2008
- 1st Stage 6 Jelajah Malaysia, Hossein Askari
- 1st Overall Umm Al Quwain Race, Hossein Askari
- 1st Stage 1 & 2, Hossein Nateghi
- 1st Overall Taftan Tour, Hossein Nateghi
- 1st Stage 1 & 2, Hossein Nateghi
- 1st Stage 5, Behnam Khalilikhosroshahi
- 1st Overall Tour of East Java, Ghader Mizbani
- 1st Stage 4, Ghader Mizbani
- 1st Overall President Tour of Iran, Ahad Kazemi
- 1st Stage 4, Ahad Kazemi
- 1st Stage 5, Ghader Mizbani
- 1st Overall Azerbaïjan Tour, Hossein Askari
- 1st Prologue & Stage 3, Ghader Mizbani
- 1st Stage 2, Team Time Trial
- 1st Stage 4, Behnam Khalilikhosroshani
- 1st Stage 7, Hossein Askari
- 1st Stage 8, Hamid Shiri
- 1st Stage 1 & 4 Tour of Thailand, Hossein Nateghi
- 1st Overall Tour of Milad du Nour, Ahad Kazemi
- 1st Stage 2, Ahad Kazemi
- 1st Overall Kerman Tour, Ghader Mizbani
- 1st Stage 2, Team Time Trial
- 1st Stage 4, Hossein Nateghi
- 1st Overall Tour d'Indonesia, Ghader Mizbani
- 1st Stage 3, Hossein Jahabanian
- 1st Stage 5 & 10, Ghader Mizbani
- 2009
- 1st Stage 2 Jelajah Malaysia, Mehdi Sohrabi
- 1st Overall Tour de Singkarak, Ghader Mizbani
- 1st Stage 3a, Ghader Mizbani
- 1st Overall President Tour of Iran, Ghader Mizbani
- 1st Stage 1, Hossein Askari
- 1st Stage 3, Ghader Mizbani
- 1st Iran, Time Trial Championships: Mehdi Sohrabi
- 1st Kazakhstan, Time Trial Championships: Andrey Mizourov
- 1st Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake, Andrey Mizourov
- 1st Prologue, Andrey Mizourov
- 1st Stage 3 & 8, Ghader Mizbani
- 1st Overall Tour of East Java, Andrey Mizourov
- 1st Stage 2, Andrey Mizourov
- 1st Overall Tour of Milad du Nour, Mehdi Sohrabi
- 1st Stage 1, Arvin Moazzemi
- 1st Stage 2 & 4, Mehdi Sohrabi
- 1st Stage 3, Samad Pourseyedi
- 1st Overall Azerbaijan Tour, Ahad Kazemi
- 1st Stage 2, Ahad Kazemi
- 1st Stage 4, Mehdi Sohrabi
- 1st Stage 5, Ghader Mizbani
- 1st Overall Tour d'Indonesia, Mehdi Sohrabi
- 1st Stage 1 Tour d'Indonesia, Team Time Trial
- 1st Stage 4, Ghader Mizbani
- 1st Stage 6, Mehdi Sohrabi
- 2010
- 1st Overall Azerbaijan Tour: Ghader Mizbani
- 1st Stage 1, 5 & 6: Ghader Mizbani
- 1st Stage 3: Andrey Mizourov
- 1st Overall President Tour of Iran: Hossein Askari
- 1st Stage 2 & 3: Tobias Erler
- 1st Stage 4: Hossein Askari
- 1st Overall Tour de Kumano: Andrey Mizourov
- 1st Overall Tour of Singkarak: Ghader Mizbani
- 1st Stage 1, Team Time Trial
- 1st Stage 3: Ghader Mizbani
- 1st Stage 6: Mehdi Sohrabi
- 1st Overall Tour of East Java: Hossein Alizadeh
- 1st Stage 1: Hossein Alizadeh
- 1st Kazakhstan, Time Trial Championships: Andrey Mizourov
- 1st Iran, Time Trial Championships: Hossein Askari
- 1st Iran, Road Race Championships: Mehdi Sohrabi
- 1st Stage 3 Milad de Nour Tour: Ebrahim Javani
- 1st Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake: Hossein Askari
- 1st Stage 3: Ghader Mizbani
- 1st Stage 6 & 9: Mehdi Sohrabi
- 3rd Overall Tour de Langkawi: Hossein Askari
- 2011
- 1st Stage 9 Tour de Langkawi, Boris Shpilevsky
- 1st Overall Kerman Tour, Mehdi Sohrabi
- 1st Stage 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5, Mehdi Sohrabi
- 1st Overall Jelajah Malaysia, Mehdi Sohrabi
- 1st Stage 1 & 6, Mehdi Sohrabi
- 1st Overall Tour de Taiwan, Markus Eibegger
- 1st Stage 2, Mehdi Sohrabi
- 1st Stage 3, Markus Eibegger
- 1st Overall Tour of Thailand, Tobias Erler
- 1st Prologue, Tobias Erler
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de Korea, Tobias Erler
- 1st Overall Azerbaijan Tour, Mehdi Sohrabi
- 1st Stage 3, Team Time Trial
- 1st Stage 4 President Tour of Iran, Mehdi Sohrabi
- 1st Iran Time Trial Championships, Hossein Askari
- 1st Stage 7 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Mehdi Sohrabi
- 1st Overall Milad De Nour Tour, Ghader Mizbani
- 1st Stage 1, Ghader Mizbani
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de Brunei, Ramin Maleki
- 1st Stages 4, 5, 6 & 7 Tour of China, Boris Shpilevsky
- 1st Overall Tour of East Java, Hossein Jahanbanian
- 1st Stage 1, Boris Shpilevsky
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of Taihu, Boris Shpilevsky
Team roster
|
Rider |
Date of birth |
| Hossein Alizadeh (IRI) |
January 24, 1988 (1988-01-24) (age 24) |
| Alireza Asgharzadeh (IRI) |
March 23, 1975 (1975-03-23) (age 36) |
| Hossein Askari (IRI) |
March 23, 1975 (1975-03-23) (age 36) |
| Markus Eibegger (AUT) |
October 16, 1984 (1984-10-16) (age 27) |
| Tobias Erler (GER) |
July 23, 1981 (1981-07-23) (age 30) |
| Abolfazl Gilanipoor (IRI) |
October 20, 1989 (1989-10-20) (age 22) |
| Hossein Jahabanian (IRI) |
April 2, 1976 (1976-04-02) (age 35) |
| Hamid Janati (IRI) |
October 1, 1989 (1989-10-01) (age 22) |
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Rider |
Date of birth |
| Behnam Khalilikhosroshani (IRI) |
June 2, 1988 (1988-06-02) (age 23) |
| Ramin Maleki (IRI) |
March 16, 1987 (1987-03-16) (age 24) |
| Ghader Mizbani (IRI) |
December 6, 1975 (1975-12-06) (age 36) |
| Arvin Moazzemi (IRI) |
March 26, 1990 (1990-03-26) (age 21) |
| Ali Nemati (IRI) |
February 25, 1985 (1985-02-25) (age 27) |
| Boris Shpilevsky (RUS) |
August 20, 1982 (1982-08-20) (age 29) |
| Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) |
October 12, 1981 (1981-10-12) (age 30) |
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